Floor Coverers
Floor coverers install a wide variety of flooring materials, including carpet, wood, laminates, and sport surfaces. Floor covering professionals are experts at estimating materials, understanding pattern layout, and safely using many tools, adhesives, and fastening systems.
Compensation Information
Work Conditions
Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every facility and building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights
Skills Needed
Math, spatial and mechanical ability, hand/eye coordination, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking and reacting, problem solving, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading, detail-oriented
Relevant Classes
Algebra
Basic arithmetic
General math
Geometry
Science
Technology
Mechanical drawing
English/communication
Shop classes
Education and Training
4-year apprentice program
5,600 hours of on-the-job training
640 classroom hours
Choice of $50/day stipend or collect unemployment